Northrop Grumman is a prominent American multinational aerospace and defense company deeply involved in the space industry. As a space technology and launch systems provider, they manufacture spacecraft, satellites, and precision sensors. They are a major partner with NASA, providing cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) through their Cygnus spacecraft and contributing to projects like the James Webb Space Telescope. Northrop Grumman is also involved in developing advanced autonomous systems for military and commercial applications.
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Northrop Grumman's NG-18 Cygnus spacecraft, launched 2022-11-07, failed to deploy one of its two solar arrays after reaching orbit.
Northrop Grumman played a critical role in the integration, launch, and deployment of the USSF-44 mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
The LDPE-2 spacecraft on USSF-44 consists of an ESPAStar satellite built in Northrop Grumman’s Gilbert, Arizona satellite facility.
Northrop Grumman built JPSS-2 and holds contracts to build JPSS-3 and JPSS-4 to provide continuity for the JPSS program into the 2030s.
The JPSS satellites use the latest version of Northrop Grumman’s LEOStar-3 spacecraft bus with upgraded avionics, sensors, reaction wheels, and star trackers.
The USSF-44 mission is one of several Northrop Grumman payloads set to launch through the end of 2022 supporting customer missions that span human exploration, scientific discovery, communications, and national security.
LDPE-2 was built using a Northrop Grumman ESPAStar bus which serves as a rideshare service for a variety of payloads.
Northrop Grumman provided hardware and software platforms on USSF-44 to deliver multiple missions for customers including highly complex payloads from multiple industry partners.
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on 2022-11-09 with only one of its two solar arrays deployed.
The Space Development Agency selected Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and York Space to each produce 42 satellites for the Transport Layer.
DARPA selected Northrop Grumman’s subsidiary SpaceLogistics as its RSGS partner in 2020.
A robotic arm developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency completed key tests and is on track to be integrated with a Northrop Grumman spacecraft and launch to geosynchronous Earth orbit in 2024.
Northrop Grumman is working with Firefly Aerospace on the Antares 330, a new version of the vehicle that will replace the existing first stage with one developed by Firefly using new engines.
Northrop Grumman’s 18th cargo flight is the seventh mission performed under the company’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA.
Northrop Grumman achieved the Antares performance increase without changing hardware by refining vehicle performance models using data from six previous Antares 230+ launches.
After NG-19, Northrop Grumman plans to launch three Cygnus missions on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets until the Antares 330 is ready.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. partnered with Nanoracks, LLC to send immersive camera equipment to the International Space Station on Northrop Grumman’s NG-18 Commercial Resupply Services mission.
Northrop Grumman’s NG-18 mission will launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft launched on 2022-11-07 on the next-to-last flight of the Antares 230+ rocket.
NASA is evaluating whether it is safe for the Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-18 cargo spacecraft to approach the International Space Station after one of two solar arrays failed to deploy hours after launch on 2022-11-07.